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Viscount Haldane : The Wicked Step-father of the Canadian Constitution /

Viscount Richard Burdon Haldane was a philosopher, lawyer, British MP, and member of the British Cabinet during the First World War. He is best known to Canadians as a judge of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (Canada's highest court of appeal until 1949), in which role he was extrem...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vaughan, Frederick (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2010]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Göttingen, 1874
  • 1. Home and School for the Mind
  • 2. The University of Edinburgh and the Seeds of German Philosophy
  • 3. The Practice of Law and Life in Parliament
  • 4. From the Inns of Court to the War Office
  • 5. Haldane in the School of the Master
  • 6. Haldane in the Shadow of Lord Watson
  • 7. Haldane and the Reign of Sittlichkeit
  • 8. In the High Court of Hegel
  • 9. The State and the Reign of Relativity
  • 10. Supreme Tribunal of the Empire
  • 11. Recollections and Last Days
  • Postscript. The Haldane Legacy and the Modern Court
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Backmatter